International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 132 Lu Ren's Christmas Gift

There is one thing that has been bothering Lu Ren: Christmas is approaching, and according to traditional customs, he needs to prepare a Christmas gift for each of his friends.This was actually quite troublesome, after all, it was the first time Lu Ren bothered to prepare these things as a human being in two lifetimes.

Giving gifts is very particular.Lu Ren pondered for a long time, and finally he made up his mind.Sent a few owls in one night - quite a bit of work for the communal owls in the Hogwarts owl coop.Seeing them staggeringly disappear into the wind and snow, Lu Ren suddenly couldn't bear it.But after thinking about it, I can be considered kind. In other world lines, the fate of these owls may be much worse than now. After all, some bear children will eat Hogwarts owls...

Thinking of this, Lu Ren felt a lot better.

Lu Ren and Brother Fred sold rice wine together, but they saved some money, and they could always afford some gifts.First of all, Hermione, Lu Ren personally wrote a report on how to use the Explosive Curse, I hope she likes it.But just giving this is not enough, he thought about it, and finally decided to give her another gift: Gilderoy Lockhart's novel: "Traveling with the Vampire".

Although Lockhart is a big liar, the experiences in his book are genuine-these are real wizarding experiences, but they were stolen by Lockhart.And Lockhart himself is a liar, but that doesn't prevent him from having a lot of dry stuff in his book.It is precisely because of the wonderful content in his book that many wizards are extremely sought after by him.

There is one thing to say, his book is very readable, and it can definitely be regarded as a book that is "beneficial to read".The only problem is that it's extremely expensive!Lu Ren's face turned green when he saw the price.

But a Christmas gift for a girl is supposed to be bloody.Lu Ren wrote an extremely nasty letter to Lockhart, in which he inadvertently revealed his friendship with Harry, as well as his admiration for Lockhart's experience. Small request: he wanted Lockhart's autograph - on a separate parchment, of course, and as an avid Lockhart fan, he couldn't bear to have his handwriting on a brand-new book.

Lockhart replied very quickly, and to Lu Ren's delight, Lockhart gave him a copy of "Traveling with Vampires" for free!And there is a piece of parchment with his signature in the book!

For a moment, Lu Ren even had a slight liking for Lockhart: such an easy-to-handle person is rare!Not to mention a free Christmas gift, he also got the chance to borrow books from the restricted section-of course he had to wait until the second grade.With Lockhart, the Restricted Section of Hogwarts opened up to him.

After Hermione was Malfoy.For Malfoy, who comes from a magical family, it is better to give him some special gifts.So he visited Dumbledore several times, and then offered to clean his office, as well as Fox's birdhouse.After several days of shoveling and grooming Fox, he finally picked up a Fox feather.Then he made a quill from the feather of the phoenix.

As for Harry, it was a bit difficult. He didn't remember any particular hobbies Harry had, but he came up with a rather ingenious idea.He bought a Russian Easter egg. This egg looks like an egg, but when you open the shell, you can see four little people sitting together and reading a book with a smile.

This egg is an imitation of the Royal Secret Treasure of the Romanov Dynasty, the "Egg of Memories". It is far from the exquisiteness of the original - Lu Ren can't afford works of the same level as the original, but it is enough.Lu Ren applied another transfiguration, turning the four people in the egg into him, Harry, Ron and Hermione.And the book in their hands also changed to "The Magical Quidditch Ball".

For the Weasley twins, there is a Luban lock, a puzzle-type gadget that should keep them happy.The gift for Ron was a chess set.

For Dumbledore and Grindelwald, he prepared a pair of thick wool socks - for these two, any clever little idea is useless, what have they not seen?The most traditional thing is the most suitable.Of course, according to the difference between the two, he also added a little personal stuff.Dumbledore's socks were stuffed with candy, and Grindelwald's socks were stuffed with a memory crystal bottle.

Lu Ren pulled out all the memories of various dramas in his mind, hoping that Grindelwald would like it—to give the old man a pastime to pass the time. "The Kingdom of Gems", "Your Lie in April", "Plastic Memory"...Of course, in order to calm the old man's mind, he also added the five parts of "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure" and "Violet Eternal Garden".I hope Mr. Grindelwald had a happy and fulfilling Christmas.

At the same time, Lu Ren was also looking forward to what presents he would receive for Christmas.

As Christmas approaches, the school has changed.The auditorium is decorated beautifully and spectacularly, the walls are covered with hanging flower ribbons composed of holly and mistletoe - these are the comparisons between McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, generally speaking, the above decorations are constantly changing The ribbon is the work of Professor McGonagall, and the one singing Christmas carols is made by Professor Flitwick.

There were a dozen tall Christmas trees all around, some with little shiny icicles hanging from them, others with hundreds of flickering candles, all of which Hagrid had brought from the Forbidden Forest.

Harry and the others have been in the library recently, not studying of course, they have been looking for Nicole Flamel's name in the books.And Lu Ren didn't want to disturb their interest, he just handed them a chocolate frog from time to time.

Let Harry and the others explore this kind of innocuous matter. It would be so boring if I want to spoil this kind of thing.While the three of Harry were flipping through the books, Lu Ren was making up lessons - he had as much homework as a hill to make up.

Hermione also canceled her trip in the end. She originally planned to go home for Christmas, but now she changed her mind. She wanted to stay in school to help Lu Ren with her homework.Coincidentally, Harry didn't want to go back to Privet Drive, and Ron couldn't go home because the Weasleys were going to visit Charlie in Romania, and all four of them stayed in school.

Finally, Christmas came.On Christmas Eve, Lu Ren and the others ate a delicious free dinner in the auditorium—the great Dumbledore paid for it again and prepared a sumptuous Christmas dinner for the little wizards.

One night passed, and on Christmas Day, Lu Ren, who had just woken up, saw a mountain of gift boxes piled up under the Christmas tree in the dormitory. Harry and Ron were already sitting under the tree and unpacking the boxes.

Lu Ren rubbed his hands together, full of anticipation, and joined the unpacking team.

(End of this chapter)